HP in the name of Slytherin

After sending Lily away, Catherine said to Severus: "Go and see Potter and the others. If they want to enter the secret room before night, tell me through Helbo's feathers."

Severus understood immediately: "You want to find the secret room now?"

"As expected of Severus," Catherine smiled at Severus, "Let's play with the lion cubs at night. It's better not to let them come over and cause trouble for me during the day."

"I heard them say in the morning that they were going to the library to look for information."

"Uh-huh."

Catherine looked ready to leave, and Severus asked quietly: "Are you sure it's okay to go by yourself?"

He stood in front of the table. In the backlight, except for his fair skin, black hair and black eyes, and the black wizard robe, he looked like a pitch-black little crow, but there was a faint glimmer in his eyes... That was the seal that had been sealed. The shallow emotions that flow out after a long time of relaxation.

Catherine looked at him for a few seconds, then walked back with Herbo, smiled and patted Severus on the shoulder: "Don't worry, my father will not hurt me."

Severus pursed his lips, his body was as stiff as a piece of wood, and the tips of his ears were slightly pink.

He really rarely interacts with people like this, and Catherine can tell. But Severus was far from the cold, aloof person he appeared to be.

She poked the boy's forehead maliciously, "Thank you for caring about me, Mr. Severus, I'm very happy~"

Little Crow's recently rounded face suddenly turned red, "Who, who cares...I mean, I am your retinue, Miss Catherine!"

Damn Catherine! Why are you suddenly saying such disgusting things like Gryffindor!

"I'm going to spy on them!" Severus shouted and ran away. Before leaving the house, he could still hear Catherine's laughter that sounded like silver bells.

Sweet and soft, clear and not cloying. But it's not that innocent. If you think about it carefully, it seems to be a bit joking, the tone that Catherine often used to tease him.

Why hadn't he noticed that the noble Miss Slytherin had such evil tastes before?

How abominable!

[He keeps saying that you are hateful, Master, you are such an unruly guy! ] Haierbo complained in a milky voice, [Unlike me, Haierbo, I never say anything bad about my master! The best master in the world~]

[Haha, why do you talk so weirdly, Halbo, don't always bully Severus. 】

[Obviously it was his master who bullied him, but Haierbo would not bully his master’s family members. Haierbo is the most well-behaved~]

Catherine was so amused by the little basilisk that she put the uneaten snacks into her bag, and sneaked into Myrtle's ladies' room quietly while no one was there in the afternoon.

Myrtle had been scared by Catherine not long ago, and her memory was forcibly read. Although it didn't hurt her, she was now afraid of Catherine. When she saw Catherine coming from a distance, she hurriedly ran away along the sewer.

This would make it easier for Catherine to move. Since it was the secret room Salazar left for her, of course Catherine would try to speak in Parseltongue first.

Standing near the sink that appeared in Myrtle's memory, she held a wand in one hand and used magic to bless her throat: [I am Catherine Apep Slytherin, the daughter of Salazar Slytherin. 】

After she finished speaking, she waited for a while and felt it carefully. There was indeed a feeling of magic surging around the sink, as if it was responding to her voice...responding to her Parseltongue.

[Father’s secret room, open it for me! 】

The floor tiles under her feet suddenly vibrated, and the sink moved in different directions. Catherine hurriedly took a few steps back. The rumbling sound caused by the movement of the sink did not escape. She discovered that a very ancient silencing spell was set around the circle inside.

It was the ancient silencing spell she often saw in the castle's study!

After a while, the activity stopped, and a huge bottomless pit appeared in front of Catherine, with a faint smell of wind blowing up from below.

[Wow——] Haierbo looked down and whispered to Catherine, [Master, there is a strange smell. 】

[What I smell is a fishy stench, what about you? 】Catherine asked it, throwing down a detection charm.

It was really deep down there, but there was nothing there.

[I can’t tell, Haierbo doesn’t like the taste. 】

[Then Haierbo is waiting for me up there? ] Catherine touched the white little basilisk, [I don’t know how long we’ll be going, so I can let Donuts or Severus take care of you. 】

Halbo screamed "no" when he heard Catherine's first words. The second half of their sentences almost overlapped: "No, no!" Haierbo wants to stay with his master! 】

Catherine held its shaking head and said, [Okay, tell me if you feel uncomfortable. 】

【Hmm~】

Casting a silent floating spell to control herself, Catherine flew down the pit with Haierbo.

The smell got heavier as it went down, and there were some small pipes in the middle, leading to nowhere. Catherine didn't look at it for the time being. Obviously, this wide passage going all the way down was more like a road leading to a secret room.

After about two minutes, Catherine finally flew to the bottom.

It's not so dark that you can't see, but it's very dark, like entering a primeval forest with thick trees, and you can't tell where the light comes from.

There were many animal bones on the ground, layer upon layer. Catherine did not go down because there was an equally wide passage next to it... Assuming that there was indeed a basilisk inside, then compared to other smaller passages, this one as wide as the sink passage was wider. Like something a basilisk would use.

She floated directly in. There was nothing on the ground on this side, so she could walk faster.

This was probably the underground of Hogwarts, because after walking forward for about ten minutes, Catherine saw that the rocky cave showed a downward trend. The artificial traces were broken here, but the fishy smell became stronger.

There are raised stone pillars above the head and underground, and there is a faint light from outside seeping in, which is brighter than at the beginning. Catherine borrowed the light to look down and saw a huge snake slough piled on the ground. It seemed that these stones helped the basilisk rub its body and accelerate the shedding...?

The basilisk's snake slough was actually a good potion and alchemy material. Catherine was not in a hurry to move forward. She put her hand on the basilisk's slough and recited the shrinking spell, shrinking the 60 to 70-foot snake about ten times. It finally became the size of a palm and was put directly into the small bag containing the Traceless Stretching Charm.

There was a pause when the hand came out, but in the end he didn't take out Gryffindor's sword.

She is obviously better at using magic spells than swords.

【hateful! ] Haierbo imitated Severus' tone and cursed in a low voice, [This basilisk actually has a snake slough, why doesn't Haierbo have it? ! 】

It seemed to be really angry, and Catherine immediately comforted it: [It's okay Halbo, you are much more powerful than ordinary basilisks, and more beautiful than them all. 】

Haierbo's transformation period occurs once every ten years. I don't know if there is a snake shedding. Anyway, the last one must have fallen into the chaotic world even if it did.

Haierbo hummed "Uh" and "Uh", and his body began to twist unconsciously.

[What's wrong, Haierbo, are you feeling uncomfortable? ] Catherine stopped.

Halbo twisted faster, moving from Catherine's wrist to her neck. He paused for a moment, and then moved from her neck to Catherine's other arm. [Unhappy, Halbo was unhappy. 】

In the end, he took the initiative to leave Catherine and crawled to the ground by himself, [Helbo didn't like it! 】

He said and swam forward quickly, [Master, wait here while Haierbo goes to kill it. 】

[Wait, Haierbo! ] Catherine was startled and hurriedly caught up with it.